Continuing Medical Education
Approach to lower back pain
Abstract
Lower back pain is one of the most common symptoms – and the most common musculoskeletal problem – seen by general practitioners. It
is also a common cause of disability and an expensive condition in terms of economic impact because of absenteeism. This article discusses
an approach to this common symptom and how to distinguish the benign, mechanical type of back pain from the more sinister, but less
frequently encountered, inflammatory back pain.
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Farzana Moosajee, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
Asgar Ali Kalla, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
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Date published: 2015-11-16
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